So here is my experience now, I went to Tesla's store in San Diego yesterday to test drive the Model S LR+ , P and 3 LR.
I first drove the 3 LR
The car is nice, It's small but once I adjusted my seats it was ok, I drove it city and highway, it's fast, I didn't like that it didn't beep where there were cars next to me on the highway but I am assuming that's a feature you enable somewhere ( blind sport alert ), the car is noisy, I was surprised with the road noise on the highway but that's probably because of the lack on insulation under the panoramic roof, when flooring the car, it's very light not very stable, doesn't stick on the road like German cars does and the braking power was ok, that 3 stuff were cons to me.
Now we move on the Model S Performance, the lady explained to me that the standard mode is LR+ and Ludicrous+ is Performance, lets start with what I liked, the car is faaaaaast, my balls got stuck to my A$$ when I floored the car from a stop, I've never been in anything fast and powerful like this, it's freaking awesome, I think I can go to track and humiliate everyone all day
), more pros to me? it looks very nice and that's about it, I am not impressed by the technology because I am not a big fan of it, I'd rather have Tesla give me performance and take away all autopilot capabilities for less $$.
I was disappointed big time by Model S, I drove the Performance model with all the bells and whistles, performance brakes, better suspension, etc... the noise inside the car was surprisingly similar to the M3, the same car with more space, handles better but when comparing handling this is Performance VS LR+ so must handles better, the braking power felt similar to me and surprisingly that center console was a pain in my butt, I stretch my legs and my right knee was hitting the end of the center console where it gaps with the lower part, my left knee hit the door handles, it was uncomfortable in all ways, the only way to make it work is to sit in an equally uncomfortable position.
The noise part really pissed me off in both cars, driving Beemers, Benz, Porsches, that's never an issue, certainly, an Avalon has tons better isolation than a Model S, a Panamera or a 5 series, E series has way better isolation and I couldn't understand how $48K M3 has same noise like $92K Model S, 7 series feel much better than 3 series.
Now I know this review is very harsh and will piss a lot here but that's my personal experience, I guess I had very high expectation as I thought high $$$$$ mean everything good, the fun factor on both cars is 0, yes you get bragging rights about summon mode or the very fast 0-60 but to me as a cars guy who daily drive a grand sport corvette, my car is a blast to drive, It will be a big commitment to give the amazing traction, handling, engine sound, shifting gears to a car that requires 0 skills to drive.
My final outcome, I can not justify spending money on the Model S, M3 does the job and saves you tons of money, I understand the fastest I can do is 3.1 VS 2.3 but that's ok, I love speed but to go 0.8 seconds less and spend $37000 is not worth it, the LR+ 4.2 felt faster than the S 3.7.
They don't have M3 Performance here in San Diego, so I'll decide once I drive it, after all those cons that I mentioned, I still lean towards Tesla with the LR+ and the $2K software boost in mind, to be fair, the car has a panoramic roof, big screen, good Nav, SPEED and great gas savings and I like those features.
If I can find the Stealth at a good saving I'll get it over performance because I wasn't impressed with the Model S performance package so I'll safely assume the M3 will be the same.
I'll keep you posted with any further updates, I am very thankful for all your comments here, It clarified everything and answered all my questions.
I first drove the 3 LR
The car is nice, It's small but once I adjusted my seats it was ok, I drove it city and highway, it's fast, I didn't like that it didn't beep where there were cars next to me on the highway but I am assuming that's a feature you enable somewhere ( blind sport alert ), the car is noisy, I was surprised with the road noise on the highway but that's probably because of the lack on insulation under the panoramic roof, when flooring the car, it's very light not very stable, doesn't stick on the road like German cars does and the braking power was ok, that 3 stuff were cons to me.
Now we move on the Model S Performance, the lady explained to me that the standard mode is LR+ and Ludicrous+ is Performance, lets start with what I liked, the car is faaaaaast, my balls got stuck to my A$$ when I floored the car from a stop, I've never been in anything fast and powerful like this, it's freaking awesome, I think I can go to track and humiliate everyone all day
), more pros to me? it looks very nice and that's about it, I am not impressed by the technology because I am not a big fan of it, I'd rather have Tesla give me performance and take away all autopilot capabilities for less $$.I was disappointed big time by Model S, I drove the Performance model with all the bells and whistles, performance brakes, better suspension, etc... the noise inside the car was surprisingly similar to the M3, the same car with more space, handles better but when comparing handling this is Performance VS LR+ so must handles better, the braking power felt similar to me and surprisingly that center console was a pain in my butt, I stretch my legs and my right knee was hitting the end of the center console where it gaps with the lower part, my left knee hit the door handles, it was uncomfortable in all ways, the only way to make it work is to sit in an equally uncomfortable position.
The noise part really pissed me off in both cars, driving Beemers, Benz, Porsches, that's never an issue, certainly, an Avalon has tons better isolation than a Model S, a Panamera or a 5 series, E series has way better isolation and I couldn't understand how $48K M3 has same noise like $92K Model S, 7 series feel much better than 3 series.
Now I know this review is very harsh and will piss a lot here but that's my personal experience, I guess I had very high expectation as I thought high $$$$$ mean everything good, the fun factor on both cars is 0, yes you get bragging rights about summon mode or the very fast 0-60 but to me as a cars guy who daily drive a grand sport corvette, my car is a blast to drive, It will be a big commitment to give the amazing traction, handling, engine sound, shifting gears to a car that requires 0 skills to drive.
My final outcome, I can not justify spending money on the Model S, M3 does the job and saves you tons of money, I understand the fastest I can do is 3.1 VS 2.3 but that's ok, I love speed but to go 0.8 seconds less and spend $37000 is not worth it, the LR+ 4.2 felt faster than the S 3.7.
They don't have M3 Performance here in San Diego, so I'll decide once I drive it, after all those cons that I mentioned, I still lean towards Tesla with the LR+ and the $2K software boost in mind, to be fair, the car has a panoramic roof, big screen, good Nav, SPEED and great gas savings and I like those features.
If I can find the Stealth at a good saving I'll get it over performance because I wasn't impressed with the Model S performance package so I'll safely assume the M3 will be the same.
I'll keep you posted with any further updates, I am very thankful for all your comments here, It clarified everything and answered all my questions.
